Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Top-Secret Hawaii Compound
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is building a sprawling, $100 million compound in Hawaii—complete with plans for a huge underground bunker. A WIRED investigation reveals the true scale of the project—and its impact on the local community.

A WIRED investigation just revealed Mark Zuckerberg’s years-long construction of a lavish, bunker-equipped sprawling compound in Hawaii.

The details:

The nearly completed Koolau Ranch spans 1,400 acres with over a dozen buildings, 30 bedrooms, off-grid power and food, helipads and underground bunkers with blast-resistant doors.

Costs eclipse $270 million — with reports of extreme NDAs muzzling hundreds of workers, lawsuits targeting landholders, and Zuckerberg reps allegedly clashing with press.

Political ties abound as the Chan/Zuckerberg donations flow, including hiring a former council chair and funding a former vice chair’s nonprofit.

While tech entrepreneurs have a history of doomsday prepping, Zuck sounds like he’s taking this Hawaiian hideaway to the next level.

    • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      102·
      11 months ago

      Wouldn’t you?

      I win the lottery and have a couple hundred million to blow and “Bond Villain Lair” is like #1 on my list of shit to do.

      #2 is “buy a bunch of land and surplus military equipment and play Warhammer 40k with actual tanks” and I feel like those two things fit nicely together.